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COVER STORY: TOP PRODUCERS MICHAEL DESTASIO
J. TRENT HUNT
The Insurance Centers/Donald F. LaPenna Associates Iselin, NJ
Logan Lavelle Hunt Insurance New Albany, IN
Michael DeStasio is EVP at The Insurance Centers by Donald F. LaPenna Associates, where he oversees its transportation division. He is part of the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey [PIANJ] and currently serves as director for the New Jersey Young Insurance Professionals, a PIANJ affiliate. Previously, DeStasio was an intern in Travelers’ construction department, where he was exposed to the underwriting side of the industry, which helped him develop a clear understanding of how key insurance professionals – agents, underwriters and risk managers – work together to effectively address clients’ needs.
Logan Lavelle Hunt Insurance Agency traces its roots back to 1919 with the founding of Lavelle Insurance Agency; it became Logan Lavelle following a merger in 1996. A year later, Trent Hunt joined the firm as a partner and has been part of its New Albany, Indiana, office ever since. After completing a degree in marketing and forensic studies at Indiana UniversityBloomington, Hunt pursued a career in insurance, where he has accumulated 23 years of experience. He is a past board member of the Home Builders Association of Southern Indiana and was named the 2010 Associate Member of the Year for the Southwestern Indiana Home Builders Association.
MICHAEL TOMASULO AHT Insurance Jersey City, NJ
JED DERSHIMER Suhr Risk Services San Jose, CA
A trusted advisor with Suhr Risk Services, Jed Dershimer started his career in human capital management at ADP. Now, as a certified risk professional and certified workers’ compensation specialist, Dershimer provides his services to a range of industries, including nonprofits and professional services. Outside of the office, Dershimer is an active member of the Northern California Human Resources Association and is a two-time Volunteer of the Year Award recipient from Community Options, a nonprofit that helps people with developmental disabilities.
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FIELDING DICKEY Advanced Comp Lakeland, FL
Fielding Dickey oversees Advanced Comp, a subsidiary of Acentria Insurance and a highly specialized agency with a risk management platform that uses a multidisciplinary approach to effectively lower workers’ compensation costing. Dickey first joined the industry as a loss control professional with a national workers’ compensation carrier after earning a degree in criminal justice at Florida Southern College. Outside of his duties at Advanced Comp, he is active with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Lakeland and Mulberry.
Having worked with hundreds of companies to place directors & officers liability insurance, Michael Tomasulo now leads the management liability practice group at AHT Insurance. “D&O and management liability appeals to me because there’s nothing cookiecutter about it,” he says. “It’s a small, specialized industry, and very few people fully understand it. It’s important to craft each package specifically for the client.” Prior to joining AHT in 2010, Tomasulo was a senior vice president and team leader at Aon Risk Services; he was also a founding member of the NASDAQ Insurance Agency, NASDAQ’s own full-service insurance brokerage, where he was responsible for the East and Central regions until he assisted in the sale of the agency to Aon. Tomasulo is also a regular speaker at conferences such as the ROTH Capital Conference and Marcum Microcap Conference on topics such as IPO readiness, up-listing, Reg A+ and governance.
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